However, only a very small portion of the north-eastern part as freehold land, used for residential and agricultural purposes.

The Bunya Mountain Road roughly follows the split between the two local government areas.

[8][9] Bunya Mountains Provisional School opened on 6 October 1919 and closed on 15 December 1922.

[6] A 670-metre tramway with a 250 metre descent from the mountain top to the bottom at Wengenville used winches, winders and flying foxes from 1923 to 1928.

[15] A "not to scale" model of the tramway can be seen at the natural history museum at the Dandabah camping area.